Question On Who Dares Wins

[horseshoes]

This is STILL puzzling me. Tonight the question was to name two letter words in the English language. They lost the round for giving the word "is" as an answer. Nick knowles explained the criteria, and said that "is" was not acceptable as it "could be put together with other words" for instance isn't and he's, but surely "is" is a correct answer. It can be used alone as "is it"? or "it is". Can somebody please clarify this. (Always assuming you can understand my rambling). Thank you.

[Hopkirk]

They were told beforehand not to use is, that's why they lost the round.

[Tigh]

"Is" IS a two-letter word, end of.

[Tigh]

Divebuddy - he's, he'll, we're, we'll

[horseshoes]

I know Hopkirk, and the minute the guy said it, he KNEW he was wrong.

[horseshoes]

I'm sure they'll get complaints about it. I'm sure "is" is a word on its own.